if you are expressing your precious breast milk, you don’t want to see even a drop get spilled or wasted. So, what is the best...
There’s nothing quite like four hours of broken sleep and cracked nipples to get you “in the ...
Partners, you can enjoy a close connection with your baby without offering bottles, which can cause unnecessary stress to a mum who is learning to breastfeed.
Throughout history, in all cultures, new mothers have been fed special foods to help them recover from birth and produce milk. Now, there is increasing evidence supporting these claims.
From new mothers, I often hear comments like: “I can’t even have a shower because I don’t know how long she will sleep for.”
Or: “It takes so long to get him to sleep that we start cooking dinner at 9 p.m.”
If your baby hasn’t yet been born, these sorts of things may sou...
Returning to work doesn’t mean you have to stop breastfeeding: your baby can enjoy the health, immunity and nutritional benefits and that unique connection through breastfeeding. See our IBCLC's practical tips.
Trying to impose a strict feeding schedule, rather than watching your baby’s hunger cues is not only likely to result in unnecessary crying, but may be a risk to her health.
However long you breastfeed or how much breast milk you can give your baby, every drop is supporting your baby's health, immunity and development. See the impact from the first breastfeed, to one week, six weeks, 6 months to a year or more.
Holidaying with kids is…how can I put this? It’s…well, let’s just say it’s different to previous holidays you may have taken with friends or as a couple without kids. And by different, I mean, you may feel like you need a holiday to recover from the ‘holiday’ you just ha...